TY - JOUR AU - Shutrodhar, Anita Rani AU - Shamsi, Shamim PY - 2013/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Anthracnose and leaf spot diseases of Aloe vera L. from Bangladesh JF - Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences JA - Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci VL - 22 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.3329/dujbs.v22i2.46285 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJBS/article/view/46285 SP - 103-108 AB - <p>Characteristic symptoms of anthracnose and leaf spot were recorded from diseased leaf samples of <em>Aloe vera </em>L. A total of 8 fungal species, namely <em>Alternaria pluriseptata </em>(Karst. &amp; Har.) Jorstad, <em>Aspergillus flavus </em>Link<em>, Aspergillus niger </em>Van Tieghem, <em>Cladosporium oxysporum </em>Berk. &amp; Curt., <em>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides </em>(Penz.) Sacc., <em>Nigrospora oryzae </em>(Berk. &amp; Br.) Petch, <em>Penicillium </em>sp. and <em>Pestalotiopsis guepinii </em>(Desm.) Stay. were found to be associated with healthy and diseased leaf samples. In addition to above 8 fungi, <em>Curvularia brachyospora </em>Boedijn, <em>Epicoccum purpurascens </em>Ehrenb. ex Schlecht and <em>Sclerotium </em>sp. were also associated with diseased leaf samples of the plant. The prevalence of the fungi ranged 1.43 - 13.35% on healthy leaves and 1.43 - 62.16% on infected leaves. The frequency of <em>C. gloeosporioides </em>was the maximum and that of <em>Aspergillus </em>and <em>Penicillium </em>was the lowest. Pathogenicity test revealed that <em>C. gloeosporioides </em>causes anthracnose and <em>E. purpurascens </em>and <em>P. guepinii </em>cause leaf spots of <em>A. vera.</em></p><p>Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. <strong>22</strong>(2): 103-108, 2013 (July)</p> ER -